Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: Predator

  • Use of Spanish spyware in Germany illegal, Bundestag report says

    Use of Spanish spyware in Germany illegal, Bundestag report says

    Spain’s secret service is probably also spying abroad with “Pegasus”. Attacks may have been made in Germany on the former regional president of Catalonia and his Chilean-German lawyer. On 25 March 2018, former regional president of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont was arrested by the highway police in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein and temporarily detained. Due […]

  • Europol is not investigating “Europe’s Watergate”

    Europol is not investigating “Europe’s Watergate”

    The EU Parliament is probing one of Europe’s biggest espionage scandals, but has little power to do so. Europol should investigate the misuse of “state trojan “Pegasus” in the EU, MEPs demand. However, this would only be possible with the permission of governments, which would be violating fundamental rights. Governmental surveillance software such as “Pegasus” […]

  • Resignations over “Predator” spyware scandal in Greece

    Resignations over “Predator” spyware scandal in Greece

    The Greek secret service spied on at least one journalist, today its head resigned. In addition, the prime minister’s secretary-general quit his post. The affair reaches the EU level after a current MEP was also spied on. The Greek wiretapping affair involving the “Predator” spy programme is widening. According to media reports, Grigoris Dimitriadis, the […]

  • Ukraine war: USA plans to deliver large armed drones

    Ukraine war: USA plans to deliver large armed drones

    Equipping the Ukrainian military with the successor of the well-known Predator drones means three revolutions in warfare with drones at once. The U.S. government plans to deliver four MQ-1C Gray Eagle armed drones to Ukraine in the coming days and also provide training for pilots and operators. This was reported by Reuters news agency last […]